Museum of Liverpool wins Council of Europe prize

The Museum of Liverpool has been given the European Museum prize for 2013 by the Council of Europe.
The human rights watchdog said the museum traced the social, economic and political history of one of the most socially diverse cities in the UK.

The museum, which opened last year, will receive a bronze statuette by Joan Miro, to keep for a year.The museum has four main galleries looking at the development of the city and its global links, sporting history and its people.

One million people have visited the Museum of Liverpool since it opened in July 2011, the museum has announced